Gabi Novak

Gabi Novak
Novak performing in 1961
Born
Gabrijela Novak

(1936-07-08)8 July 1936
Berlin, German Reich
Died11 August 2025(2025-08-11) (aged 89)
Zagreb, Croatia
Resting place
Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationSinger
Years active1959–2025
Spouses
  • Stipica Kalogjera
    ​
    (div. 1970)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1973; died 2015)​
ChildrenMatija Dedić
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals

Gabrijela Novak (pronounced [ɡâbi nôʋaːk]; 8 July 1936 – 11 August 2025) was a Croatian pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Yugoslav singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, whom she married in 1973, Novak became popular in the 1960s.

Life and career

Born in Berlin to a family of father Đuro Novak, a Croat from Hvar, and mother Elizabeth Reiman, a German from Berlin, Gabi Novak spent her childhood in her hometown but later she moved to Yugoslavia. Her father was killed in 1945.

Novak was married to the prominent composer Stipica Kalogjera but in 1970, they got divorced. On 30 March 1973, she married Arsen Dedić, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs. The couple had one son Matija, who died on 8 June 2025. Matija's funeral was Novak's last public appearance before her death two months later, on 11 August, at the age of 89. She died at a nursing home, shortly after recovering from pneumonia.

Discography

Awards

Gabi Novak was the winner of several Porin awards:

References

  1. ↑ "Gabi Novak - Menart" (in Croatian). Menart. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Premec, Tina (12 April 2014). "GABI I ARSEN VEĆ 40 GODINA SKUPA 'Zaziremo od moderne tehnologije. Arsen mi je priznao da se zna služiti samo portafonom'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Lampe, John R. (2000). Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-521-77401-7.
  4. ↑ "GABI NOVAK - ZLATNA KOLEKCIJA u prodaji" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  5. ↑ Mikuličin, Petar (7 August 2017). "Matija Dedić o roditeljima, Gabi Novak i pokojnom Arsenu, glazbi, ljubavi prema šibenskoj Varoši... Moj otac u Šibeniku zaslužuje spomen" (in Croatian). Šibenski.hr. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ↑ I. G. (11 August 2025). "Tragična sudbina Gabi Novak: Pretpjela je dva najveća gubitka koja žena može doživjeti". Showbuzz (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Preminula Gabi Novak, legendarna hrvatska pevačica (in Croatian)
  8. ↑ "Porin 2002" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Porin 2003" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "GABI NOVAK - PRVA DOBITNICA PORINA ZA ŽIVOTNO DJELO" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.